linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 181/258] tools uapi asm: Update asm-generic/unistd.h copy

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Message-ID: <CAK8P3a2Xi-P9CxVgxxzf1iFg9htus670GHu7MAo2VPT1Tw+E-w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:56:55 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "# 3.4.x" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Guo Ren <ren_guo@...ky.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 181/258] tools uapi asm: Update
 asm-generic/unistd.h copy

On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 5:07 PM Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
>
> [ Upstream commit 89a0948984896352cac1ebe079cb3d64d6c3adc6 ]
>
> To get the change in:
>
>   b7d624ab4312 ("asm-generic: unistd.h: fixup broken macro include.")
>
> That doesn't imply in any changes in the tools.

This one should only be in linux-4.20, not any earlier tree that
does not also backport b7d624ab4312, otherwise the uapi headers
are wrong.

I don't think we want b7d624ab4312 backported, it would only
be useful if we backport all y2038 patches.

      Arnd